Nicky

And you do realise, you've probably just dropped Viduka in it

Villarreal have annouced that Jose is doing a press conference over there tommorow, at 11:30am to say goodbye etc to the fans there. Might be some interesting quotes that come out of it.

I'm just delighted that we have a proper, recognised left-back :D I was bricking it that we wouldn't get one. Well done Sam. Heres hoping he's half good.

Would be a lot more bothered if we hadn't managed to get Enrique.

Bit more detail here... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=473380&in_page_id=1779 Allardyce blamed West Ham officials for the farce. 'If Curbs started it, then we are more upset than they are, that is a fact,' he said. 'Why? That is confidential. He is not as upset as we are about West Ham. In the end, we decided he was undervalued. We escalated the valuation to what we thought was realistic and West Ham did not want to roll with it. 'Kieron is back with us, a top player with a squad who are growing. Will it be difficult for Kieron? It's life, isn't it? He has got a contract. You sign it. The length of the contract means you are employed by an employer, somethin happens, it doesn't work, you come back and get on with it. 'If anything else happens in terms of West Ham increasing their offer, then great. If they don't, then clearly they don't value him as highly as we do.' But Allardyce condemned the Newcastle supporters who vandalised Dyer's Tyneside home and attacked his car after last week's friendly with Juventus. Harry Redknapp last night revealed an interest from Portsmouth but without a concrete offer for a player the Newcastle board now value at £8million, Dyer may have to start the season at St James' Park. Come on Harry. Pay the £8m

Smith interview on .cock. Nothing really new. Says he's still up here on his own staying in a hotel, thanked the fans for the reception they gave him before the game today & basically just looks like he's desperate to play.

I'm glad to see us actually show some balls in the transfer market for once, but i'm not sure how having a disgruntled Dyer will help us.

Tight groin according to Setanta. Not a bad half, chances quite rare. Smiths stuck into a couple of challenges, as has Butt, but nothing too exciting going on there. Hopefully the 2nd half will bring an improvement.

Setantas pictures just died. dfjks;dlfk;sdlfjsdjfds

Immense receptions for Smith and Viduka there. Brilliant

Ameobi, Taylor, Butt, Rozenhal, Viduka, Smith and Luque in the squad

I doubt it. The reaction of the Villarreal fans is a good judgement of how good the player is/could be. If Roeder signed him, i'd still be quite pleased that some decent money/thought is going on the LB position for once.

Villa beat Inter 3-0? wtf?

I see you've already sold the pink barbie scooter, Kev

Yeah, not gonna happen. Their clubs wouldnt want them playing for us before a deal is finalised.

Man invents wheel etc.

I imagine we'll get official confirmation on tuesday. Possibly same day as Drago. It'll be interesting to see what Sam says on it today.

No, thats a very good deal. Sky+ is fantastic. Theres no way you won't love that.

Yeah, thats a nice touch.

Good. Might be one way to not pay the fuckers wages.

Thats a good point. With all this recent good news going on, it looks like that miserable fucking cunt won't be posting as much

If that was the case, Curbishley would have said so. He said we pulled it for "our reasons".

Am looking forward to tommorow, and see what quotes it brings from Sam. Got a few things to talk about now!

Cos he was £10m cheaper then Bent.

Newcastle probably pulled out because it meant Dyer was legally entitled to his £2m payoff. Dyer was refusing to budge (Much like Barton), so we've basically stuck 2 fingers up at Dyer and blocked his move south. I imagine he'll stick in a transfer request if he really did want to move south.